Chillingworth delved into Dimmesdale, in a cruel attempt to dig up some dirt and make Dimmesdale confess what Chillingworth suspected about him. Hawthorne points out that Chillingworth “dug into the heart of the poor clergyman, like a miner seeking gold; or rather, like a sexton digging in a tomb, perhaps looking for a jewel. . . but he will probably find nothing but mortality and corruption” (118). Chillingworth was bound and determined to find something to incriminate Dimmesdale. All this inner exploration weakened Dimmesdale, but he still didn't want to reveal his secret. At the end of chapter ten, Chillingworth suspecting that Dimmesdale had more to hide, decided to look at Dimmesdale's chest, under his robe, while he slept. Hawthorne does not tell us exactly what Chillingworth saw on Dimmesdale's exposed breast, but there must have been something that started Chillingworth's curious actions. After seeing whatever he saw, he “raised his arms toward the ceiling and stamped his foot on the floor” (Hawthorne 127). Seeing Dimmesdale's pale breasts probably would not have ignited such "ecstasy" in Chillingworth (Hawthorne